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In the 2020 COVID-19 year, there were not that many construction-related cases decided by the California Courts of Appeal, and none by the California Supreme Court. However, there were a number of interesting cases that raise new issues, and others that resolved certain issues. We discuss the key cases below. As an overview, an owner may now be liable to a non-performing subcontractor for contract interference for insisting the general contractor fire the non-performing subcontractor, and an owner suing for excessively filing mechanic’s liens may not only be unsuccessful but may expose an owner to damages and attorney’s fees if unsuccessful. Some other issues were clarified, such as: 1) who is responsible for costs of defense and indemnity involving multiple insureds when one or more of the indemnitors were not liable for damages; 2) the application of the substantial compliance doctrine on an expired contractor’s license; and 3) the measure of damages in a misrepresentation action involving the cost of construction. Finally, we take an important look at the False Claims landscape since there exists a split in authority among federal courts as to “objective” falsity. This split impacts those companies doing business with the federal government in multiple circuits.